RE: Anagram for Topica
euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
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> One of these you can do now (sortof) at the end of each topic there is
> a link that will allow you to watch that topic and when someone post a
> new message you should receive an email letting you know there is a
> reply or new message to be read.
Unfortunately, the forum only sends a notification, not the actual
posted message.
> As for accepting Email, Its doable but it would take hands-on work
> Im certain an email guru could share how this might work and possiibly
> share some code that I could tweak so that those emails are inserted
> into the database.
This is very tricky, as the e-mail needs to have certain
information that the forum-software can use to determine the
correct area to post the message to.
I think it might not be to late to re-assess the choice of forum
software. Tmo the forum you are currently using is one of the
least functional ones. It's predesessor YABB has much more to
offer already (I'm running a YABB board myself) but there are
even better ones like Ikonboard.
http://www.yabbforum.org
http://www.ikonboard.com
I'm also running a Discus based forum. Discus is the only forum
software I've seen so far that can handle posting through e-mail,
but as I said it's tricky to set up. It also has the best features
to track new postings combined with an incredible amount of user
specific setting for what you want to track. You can even restrict
it's search function to specific areas of interest.
http://www.discusware.com
Yet another option to think about is to use a WikiWiki web instead
of a forum. It is the upcoming technology for web collaboration.
If you are aiming at accumulating knowledge in a searchable way
then this is the best way to do it tmo.
A very functional wiki is Twiki. It also has e-mail integration.
http://twiki.org
Hans Peter Willems
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